Thanksgiving at Surfside

We spent Thanksgiving at Surfside with Mar Mar and Big Daddy. We had such a nice, relaxing weekend! We even participated in the first ever Surfside Turkey Trot. We all had a great time!

After the race
Charlie getting ready for the kids trot

Daddy giving Charlie a pep talk before the tot trot!

Charlie in the front of the pack for the kids tot trot. He definitely was the smallest and got a little trampled but he came home with a little medal!

HuttPutt

Charlie and BigDaddy
We took Charlie to play putt putt for the first time down in Surfside. He called it "Hutt Putt" and had a great time! He understands that you used the putter, but he only wanted to hit the ball once and then go pick it up and put it in the hole.

Long Winter's Nap

Grant with this giraffe lovey ( and socks off...he always takes them off and throws them overboard before a nap )
Charlie napping with a zillion monkeys

Charlie's Funny Conversations!

NanNan was here yesterday to keep the boys while I went to a couple of appointments. After she left we decided to go outside and play. I asked Charlie if he thought his jacket was still in the car from when NanNan took him to lunch. This was his reply:

"Yes. It's still in the car. I get it. (as he yells toward the front door) Hey NanNan! What Darlin? Will you get my jacket in the car? NanNan get it mommy."

Yes, he had an entire conversation with himself!

Grant gets into EVERYTHING...literally!

Mommy and Daddy's Halloween Costumes!

Halloween Parade

Yep, the fourth halloween celebration! We will be sugar detoxing all week!

We didn't even dress up yesterday on the actual holiday. Charlie enjoyed staying home in his jammies and passing out candy to all of the trick or treaters. He made them all say trick or treat before he would hand over the candy bowl.

Trunk or Treat!

Charlie and David both had doggie siblings for halloween!

Halloween in Hickory

Charlie and Grant's friends in Hickory! Everyone was so cute in their costumes!

Pumpkin Carving Time

Charlie carved the pumpkin with Daddy while Grant played under the table. Grant is constantly crawling in and out of cabinets, tables, etc...

Smores

We made smores outside in the fire pit! Yum!

Build a House for Jesus

Grant Walking

The Pumpkin Patch

The boys had a great time riding the wagon, petting the animals and picking out pumpkins at the pumpkin patch. We even saw a girl milk a cow to which Charlie yelled out in front of our group, "look mommy he's going peepee!"

Boys and their pumpkins!

Charlie loves his pumpkin. He carries it all over the house, and if we leave, he puts it on the porch with the bigger pumpkin "so it doesn't get lonely." I know he will have so much fun at the pumpkin patch next weekend.

Some Wonderful Products for Babies

The Padalily has been wonderful for cushioning my arm

while trying to haul my big boys around in their carseat!

Why didn't I think of it?!

The Tiny Diner is great for taking a little one out in a restaurant. It rolls right

up to fit in your diaper bag and gives your baby a clean surface to self feed

(aka keep him busy) so you can enjoy your meal! I pop mine in the dishwasher

when we get home for easy clean up. PLUS it's a lot more GREEN (for the environment

and your wallet) than the disposable placemats!

I love the bath ring! We bought this for Grant so that he could enjoy sitting up in the

tub and playing with Charlie. He loves it! We love it because he's not trying to climb

out of a baby tub (usually going head first into the water) and he's not just wobbling

around all over the slippery tub.

The baby cooker! Yay! I love this so much! It's such a great size, so you can easily

store it in a cabinet without taking up too much space. It allows me to cook the same

fruits/veggies that I'm fixing for Charlie, but then I can puree them for Grant all in the same container. This means, a lot less clean up! I have homemade all of Grant's food for him, and I'm even starting to cook some meats for him now too!

Gripe water is an all natural remedy for hiccups. We used this for both boys, and

it was such a life saver when they were really tiny and were so frustrated by the

hiccups (especially in the middle of the night!)

We love the RockaBye Baby cds. Charlie sleeps to Coldplay everynight (occasionally U2), while Grant seems to enjoy the Beetles and Bob Marley. The library plays these cds at the end of storytime while they blow zillions of tiny bubbles around the room. Grant is so used to hearing them at bedtime that he just gets this blank look in his eyes like he's about to crash.

Inchbug labels. These have become such a necessity now. Charlie and Grant are both drinking out of sippy cups; and of course, Grant wants whatever Charlie has. So, we have blue bands for Charlie and green bands for Grant so that they (and we) can tell their cups apart. Plus, it's great to have these for the church nursery to identify your bottles/cups easily!

Vampire Teeth and Fall Festivals

Charlie loves his vampire teeth. He puts them in and runs around the house saying, "Vampire. Scary!"

Charlie and Graham walking to the park together for a playdate/picnic. Charlie doesn't want help doing anything anymore. He constantly says, "Do it self!" So instead of having him hold my hand to walk to the park, I asked him to hold Graham's hand. I thought it might slow them down and keep them from running all over the place!

Grant crawling up under his exersaucer. The kid is seriously getting into everything!!!

He is starting to crawl around up on his knees. He's crawlking...I guess...

I love this picture. I'm pretty sure we have one just like this of Charlie on the rocket. Grant pushes and rides on the rocket all the time. He and Charlie are learning to take turns.

Here is Charlie riding some rides at the festival. Nan Nan and Pop came and even though it was 90 degrees, we had a great time.